The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.42° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.52° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.